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Mostly cloudy today and tonirht txM I . T-V 5 «:?.*»*«■ L 6a 3 ‘ (bifej VOLUMN3 ~ • . - \ ~r —V ., . 1 ,» ,v r ' r^T” —' y — , ■ ... K I' ~ jMF" ? : ;&■ H H fipn sHT . I . JOHN DEERE DAT HELD HERE A Urge crowd of former* was present this morning for the John Deere Day program given by Johnson Cotton Company at the Dunn Theatre. Bob Bass, third from right, of the form equipment division of Johnson Cotton Qessyany. and W. C. Janney, fourth from left, of AtUnta, Ga„ territorial manager for the John Deere Company, are shown here chatting with a group of the farmers. Ollen Jernigan, manager of the farm machinery division of Johnson Cotton Company, had charge of the event. (Daily Record Photo). Jury Awards SIO,OOO In Suit A Harnett County jury late Wed nesday 'returned a verdict directing the Superior Stone Company of Ra leigh to pay SIO,OOO compensation to Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Brown for „ the death of their 4-year-old soli William Gilbert. , The child 'drowned on January 18, 1952 in it water hole located in I the gravel pit near Baersville, a 8 community Just outside the town of Dunn. Men jurors, who deliberated 60 minutes, indicated by their verdict, they believed the contention of the Brcwns, plaintiffs in the civil suit, that the stone company was neg ligent in its duty to the public by the maintenance of an attractive miiflunce. ■, v Sr>tclsloir of the jury showed the* quaeres of imr colons, fishing holes, sand piles and ! light wooded arm, tend to make the gravel nit a favorite haunt oi children and a regular place of entertainment and amusement. Testimony showed that active operations at the largd pit ceased in 1940. TWO ISSUES Judge Paul Frfsszelle, who presid ed at the week long trial, submit ted two issues to the jury. First, twas the tiiifcllsence of the stone company responsible for the death of the child, and if so, how much was the father entitled to recover. The Jury received the case at 4:30 p. m. and returned the ver dict an hour later. Attorneys for the stone company made a motion to set thi ve-diett aside as ex cessive, but .the Judge deferred a ruling. I Everetts L. Doffermyre of Dunn successfully represented the plain tiffs ih the suit. Attorneys for the ft- stone company were Neill McK. Salmon of LilUngton and his part ner, Glenn Hooper Jr.. of Dunn, the law firm of Joyner, and Howl < Continued, on page twa) . AM pr n .* JMI i - r . <' . j ■. a^pßfc.' - \ BHpe- • . TELEPHONES: 1111 • 3118 - 1119 Harvey Williams CIO Union President Harvey WUUatns was elected President and Lacey Dawkins re gained his old position as Business Manager of Local3So, Textile Work ers Union/ of America (CIO) of Erwin in an election held Tuesday. In proof of the spirit of “let bygones be bygones,” former Pres ident Frankie Morrison, who left the CIO and joined the AFL during the oonfhcf which split the organ isation, Was placed on the jjxecu- something like a family quarrel, ’’ commented the ne# Busi ness Manager. “and wt Want all Os those members to return and help us build a strong union.” V- Qther officers elected Tuesday were: C. M. Hubbard, Vice-Presi dent; Hardy Johnson, Financial Sec •yy'“ *> :r t;~r -ff n "■—~: Loaded School Bus Crashes Inffi Auto An overcrowded school bus, load ed with children en-route to the Harnett County Training School, failed to make the turn at the cor ner at Mann Norris’ Store this morning and crashed head-on into an automobile which was stopped at the,stop sign. Charles Morgan, colored, driver of the bus, said he failed to see the other vehicle in time to avoid the collision. Fortunately -the bus was JU | WF 4 ML mk a. . JUT* . a Tfl Uwt 11 A#i| 4 W 11 a r^aaA ij} ill? J 3 O'Hxl - > . retarq; C. B. S(fries, Secretary; Joe Hollingsworth, Ser geant-at-arms. Other executive board members elected were Nathan Hawley, Ned Smith, B. H. Hall, Locke Barbour, Mrs. Lee Byrd, and Mrs. Louise Brantley. v. General shop committee mem bers are: Dallas Hudson, Tom Byrd, Qpcar Temple, Joseph L. Smith And ertt Tuesday qfcht, fill be installed at an officers meeting on Sunday 1 afternoon at 3:oo'by Julius Fry, area director. Administrator Seott Hoyman will remain with the local, and will be present at the Sunday meeting. travelling slowly enough so that none of the passengers was injured. Henry Westbrook, driver of the other'car, a 1940 Ford, told officers tliat he saw that the collision was imminent, and tried to get his car into reverse, but was unable to back up in time to avoid the crash. His front end was extensively dam aged by the heavier vehicle. Principal F. H. Ledbetter said the bus, on its way to the school with children from the Erwin sec tion. usually was not as crowded as it was this morning. One of the buses assigned to the school was out of order, he said, and this caused the extra loading. The bus seats 48 children but this morning there were 63 children on board. City Court Has Brief Session Only nine cases wefe disposed of in a short session in Dunn City Court Thursday. Judge H. Paul Strickland presided and the docket was prosecuted by Solicitor J. B *jameT i Vance o Tew, charged with drunken driving, was given 80 days, suspended 13 months on payment of SIOO and costs with the recom mendation that his license be re charges el? disorderly conduct against Allen J. Hargroves were noi ptqeeed by the state. JeasteMcNeUl days.^sus further* order not to assault nor 1 John Henry Walker was given SO DUNK, N, C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 12, 1963 rp* —; :■ ; —— b Congress To Quiz Van Fleet - Eisenhower Denies Wpsenbergs Appeal NEW YORK rtf) Convic ted atom spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, their last ditch appeai for clemency turned down by President Eisenhower, (Fill learn next Monday the new date for their execution in Sing Sing Prison’s electric chair. Legal sources here said they be lieved Judge Irving R. Kaufman,' who presided at the couple’s 16- day trial in 1951, would set an early execution date, possibly dur ing the first half of March.. Emanuel H. Bloch, attorney for the Rosenbergs, said he would make every effort to save them. He had these avenues open to him: 1. He may ask for an extension f of the stay of execution which L Judge Kaufman granted Jan. 5 to ■ permit the Rosenbergs to ( seek executive clemency. It expiree Monday. 2. He may ask the Circuit Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court for a stay of execution. 3. He may apply to the Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari for the granting of a review of the 1 case. The Supreme Court twice be fore has refused to review the case and the finality of Mr. Els : enhower’s statement Wednesday ' on the Rosenbergs’ appeal left considerable doubt that Bloch t • would meet with much success. 1 WORSE THAN MURDER ■ In denying clemency, the Presi ■ dent concurred with Judge Kauf man, who said in passing sentence April 5, 1951, 'that the Rosenbergs ■ committed "a crime worse than 1 murier” when they passed Amer- Public Hearing On Fayetteville Blast FAYETTEVILLE OPi Mayor J. O. Talley Jr., and the city council ordered a public hearing today to follow a “vigorous" investigation into a gas explosion which wrecked a home here Tuesday night, killing a retired school teacher. City officials revealed that the old Tide Water Co., now absorbed by Carolina Power and Light Co. was warned several months ago to Improve gas service and equipment here. Authorities said the explosion re sulted from an accumulation of gas ynder the home of Mrs- Fiorina W(jrth.John, widow of a well-known minister. Mrs. John wars killed and a ‘teen-age music pupil Injured. Five girls who roomed in the home had not returned home from work when the blast,occurred. Poole Baby Rites Are Held Today Baby John Allen Poole, two-day old son of the Rev. and Mrs. Wil liam A. Poole, died Thursday mor ning at the home of his parents in Graham. Graveside rlfes were held Thurs day afternoon at 3:00 and burial was in the Greenwood Cemetery in Dunn. The Rev. Ernest P. Russell, pastor of the First Baptist Church In Dunn, conducted the services. Surviving are the parents, the Rev. and Mrs. William A. Poole of Graham; two brothers, William A. Poole Jr., and Robert Mason Poole, both of the home; the pa ternal grandparents, Mr; and Mrs. James A. Poole of Dunn; the ma ternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Talmadge S. Teague erf Fairmont BULLETINS KEOKUK, 1.. <IP> - City police tod./ puu ting a new floor in their jail after Joe CUlt, 29, held <fti a ;h. P/ l»tin e f h», g . le» hi s , e Hlhr»u l h .h* to u,„ i„ : lew ,V u *®® Ule B * me j method to escape from the same cell b .. I LONDON (IF) jfhe Russians haVe come up with a ri (Coattaaed wm page twa) a val- v - / Liquor Sates Under AM From All Sides RALEIGH (IP) Liquor sales in North Carolina came under attack from all sides in the General Assem bly today as Rep. H. M. Moore of Clay county plan ned “definitely” to intro duce a bill providing for an “all or nothing” referendum , on liquor. Moore’s bill may be followed later by another liquor referendum meas ure prepared by organised dry for ces including the Allied Church League. However, Rep. William L. Wink ler, Boone Republican, was doubt -1 ful that a referendum bill will get / through the legislature and pro posed instead prohibitive taxes on all alcoholic beverages. “If we can’t vote it out, we’ll tax it out,” he said. Winkler introduced a measure to raise the tax on beer, wine and liquor from 40 cents to $1.40 a gal lon. The bill went to the finance ) committee., ' OTHER ACTION In other action the assembly be gan considering a Wll by the “city boys” to reapportion the state sen atorial ’districts. With Rep. Thomas Turner of Greensboro the main sponsor, the bill would gtvA .twq senators each to poputobs Forsyth, TftiUord and Meckleißburg c*nt- 1 ies. It would shake up the present alignment, cutting counties from more heavily populated piedmont districts and adding counties to senatorial dlstrict in the less thick ly-settled rural east- A redUtrictlng, measure had been expected since the governor called for one in his inaugural address But arfy redistricting measure is certain to encounter trouble. Other major changes in the Ben ate rediStriqUng bill would Include (Continued on Page Eieht) Pat Nani Names Vice Clientele NEW YORK (W Fast-spend ing Hew York night life revelers who subscribed to the deluxe call girl service allegedly operated by Minot F. Mickey Jelke may have to appear at bis, trial and tell the intimate details of their dealings In vice. Defense Attorney Bamuel Segal said he would suhpena the call girl, customers to condemn star prosecution witness Pat Ward with her own testimony. Mias Ward, vivacious and lovely siren of a former harem of call girls, has freely named the high spending vice customers who paid for her charms at the rate of SSO to SIOO and more a night. MAT BE SUMMONED Segal smd he would put a num ber of those named by Miss Ward on the Stand, including a well ; known nightclub comedian, two Broadway actors, and at least a half a dosen case society million aires. ‘1 mean to condemn Miss Ward % , (QewMnsed Ow Paw Three) fijgKr ' ' T ' ' life- i.\ /' ■ i X f 'Vx : ' ' I hi «V t 4 : TV AERIALB DOT DUNN'S SKYLINE More and more television aerials are geiag up in Dunn as the popularity of television increases. Duma's new law governing the installstien of TV aerials has Just gone into effect. Quinton Byrd and Clarence Shamburger, techni- - clans for Purdle’s, Inc. are shewn here as they made the Drat TV Installation under the new law here. Locking nU is City Building Inspector John E. Norris. (Daily Record Photo): Solon Wont Abolish Jury Trials In Dunn Harnett Representative Carson Gregory said today that he would fight to the finish any attempt to abpUsh Jury trials in the Dunn Re corder’s Court. The Harnett salon was very em phatic and positive on the issue. “I believe in the Constitution and I believe in the right of trial by jury. That's where I Hand and where I shall continue to stand,” declared Representative Gregory- He said he “couldn't go along” with Dunn’s City Judge H. Paul Strickland in wanting to abolish Jury trials In the Dunn court, Last summer. Judge Strickland refused to allow Jury tiials on grounds that the law is not clear and that Jury trials in . the Dunn court were not illegal. Just before the November elec tion—in which the Jury issue was Provoo Faces Death On Treason Charges NSW YORK —Ob— John David Provoo, a former bftnk employe with • flftir tor Buddhist philosophy fsced s passible death sentence to day tor betraying his soldter-bud dias as ft prisoner of the Japanese during World War n. A federal court Jury Wednesday night convicted the 36-year-old ex sergeant from SausaUto. Calif, of committing four acts of treason against the United States. The pen alty of any one of the tow counts could range from five yews in pris on to death in the electric chair. Federal Judge Qregory F. Noo nan get next Tuesday for hearing on a motion for appeal. He said that If the motion is denied, he win sentence Provoo at that time. __ _ ■newnswide '' mm, fcl 1 _. ; f,' \ RALEIGH OR Central North plentiful, demand fair to good; asSTScS'ss-w; Stan: Steady' supplies j CMS nvm CENTS PER UOPT i an important issue hi the Judge's races—Judge Strickland decided to i allow Jury trials and issued the following statement: “It appears now that it would be after January 1, 1963 before it . would be possible to get the Supreme : Court of North Carolina to pass on ' the question. By /that time, the : 1953 Oeneral Assembly will be in ’ session and will be in a position to pass the necessary laws to clar -1 ify the question.” 1 JUDGE PLANS NO ACTION i The Judge’s statement at that time was interpreted as meaning t that he might initiate some action > with Representative Gregory to se - cure a bill at this session of the > Oeneral Assembly. Interviewed by a reported, how ever, Judge Strickland says he has (Osattanad On Pag* Five) Provoo was found guilty of con tributing to the death of a U. 8. Army captain who was executed by the Japanese, of volunteering hie services to the enemy shortly after the fall of Comgtdor in 1943, and Os twice making propaganda broadcasts for the Japanese foom Tokyo. LONG DELIBERATION The jury of seven women and five men deliberated a total of 13 hours and 40 minutes before re turning verdicts on four of the seven counts in tne inaictznest against Provoo. The Jurors failed to agree on a verdict on the other three QQttPta- . _ - « L Dseee were charges that Provoo tried to persuade a U. & colonel to give a military cede to the Jap anese, tn*t he took a pair of boots from Warner to^glre a prisoner about secret hiding place of a fortune la Philippines • N THE RECORD GETS RESULTS Biggest Probe In Korean War Is In Prospect WASHINGTON (IP) The | biggest Congressional Ko- 1 rean war investigation since | the 1951 MacArthur dismis-. 1 sal hearings shaped up to- J day with Gen. James A. Van J Fleet as the star witness. The Senate Armed Services Com- . I mittee summoned the retiring Bth 1 Army commander to defend . hia m war-winning offensive plan against /J] Gen. Omar N. Bradley’s warning/®! that It might unnecessarily Invitot j World War in. I Chairman Leverett Saltonstail j (R-Mass.) said he particularly ■ wanted Van Fleet to testify as dpoat'-m as possible on the probable cost* W and results of an early, all-out drive against the Communists. ' K Van Fleet left Tokyo at 5:05 p. m.*» (3:05 a. m. e.s.t.) today for Hono-W lulu on his way to the Unitedlj States. He was flying in Gen. Markl| Clark’s personal Contellation. As the spotlight In the Senator' debate swung from the merits 'Hfe a Red China blockade to the ’tOTH Fleet proposals, the administer wKm was reported considering two \ : >’ major moves to break- the Korean’ -7 stalemate. One plan calls for an urgent ap peal to all non-Communist mem ben of the United Nations to step up their manpower, equipment and ~ supply contributions to the war es- ' fort as much as humanly and econ omically possible. * Under the other proposal, the United States would try again to -7 persuade the entire free world to | cut off all trade, strategic and S otherwise, with Communist China. S Republican leaders have said the 7 administration apparently is not ? considering a major frontal assault ja Korea and Bradley’s testimony® 'before the Senate Foreign Bela— Mans Committee tended Tir'giiWoft** this belief. Meanwhile, Rep. Laurie (D-Ala) said in a speech prepared for delivery in the House that tip?* United States should screen lied shipments to Red China tp de termine whether a blockade is necessary. J Battle, who sponsored the act ■ barring U. S. aid to nations send -1 ing strategic goods behind the Iron | ! Curtain, said the screening author- 7* ity already is contained in a Uni- ; I (Continued an p|» twal ’ , Press Freedom Issue In Court ■ NEW YORK m Freedom of the press to inform the public what-pi|| courts are doing will be brought to test in state Supreme Court JpfH day. Attorneys for two news servlcwyf and five New York newspapers wf|||S argue that General Sessions Judges® Francis L. Valente abused his BW dicial authority when he press and public out of the Mtnpfelj F. Jelke vice trial courtroom, si? Judge Valente was ordered to show cause why he should not HjiM prohibited from enforcing the Wfifl der. The show cause action brought by the United Press, the-’ International News Service, and the" New York Herald Tribune, Daily News, Joumal-American Mirror. Reporters and public were order* ® ed out of the courtroom last Mpfl day for the duration of the stateHg case, before any testimony had hedigi heard. The Judge In hi* ruling sallg he bad noted a *’mush-rooiittß public anticipation of lurid and sidfg acious details” which he termed M (Continued mi pace > City Tag Violators officers will be NO. 47
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